Area(s) of Expertise

Wildlife Habitat Management, Avian Ecology, Forest and Urban Wildlife Ecology

Education

B.S. University of Georgia (1992)
M.S. University of Georgia (1995)
Ph.D. Clemson University (1999)

Research Interests

Global Change and Wildlife; Habitat Management for Wildlife; Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management; Native Plant Conservation

Courses

FW 404 – Forest Wildlife Management (Fall semester)
FOR 264 – Forest Wildlife (Summer Camp)
FW 405/505 – Tropical Wildlife Ecology in Nicaragua (Spring Semester Even Years)

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Publications

• Breeding-season Survival, Home-range Size, and Habitat Selection of Female Bachman's Sparrows (2021)
• The relationship between upland hardwood distribution and avian occupancy in fire-maintained longleaf pine forests (2021)
• Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements (2020)
• Effects of group size and group density on trade-offs in resource selection by a group-territorial central-place foraging woodpecker (2020)
• Fledgling Bachman's Sparrows in a longleaf pine ecosystem: survival, movements, and habitat selection (2020)
• Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Response to Harvest Residue Retention: Implications for Sustainable Forest Bioenergy Production (2020)
• Ground-Dwelling Invertebrate Abundance Positively Related to Volume of Logging Residues in the Southern Appalachians, USA (2020)
• How Urban Identity, Affect, and Knowledge Predict Perceptions About Coyotes and Their Management (2020)
• Nesting Ecology of Northern Bobwhite on a Working Farm (2020)
• Northern Bobwhite Non-Breeding Habitat Selection in a Longleaf Pine Woodland (2020)

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